[Mailman-Users] word "bounces" in from address

[Chris Waltham]

On Mar 18, 2008, at 3:12 PM, Rod at freeserve wrote:

> I have the same problem with my lists.
> Until recently we ran on an old version of Mailman.
> Users with Outlook saw messages coming from <listname>-admin at domain.net 
>  on behalf of
> <sender>
>
> Now they see messages coming from <listname>-bounces at domain.net on  
> behalf of <sender>

I just noticed the same thing going from Mailman 2.0.12 to 2.1.9.

Interesting...


Chris

>
>
> They understand that a mail bounce is a bad thing, and so this  
> puzzles them.
>
> Pretty well 99% of my users use Outlook (because that is what their  
> employers give them).
>
> It is small consolation to any of us that they are using an inferior  
> mail system . . .
>
> Rod
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kenneth Porter" <shiva at sewingwitch.com>
> To: <Mailman-Users at python.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 6:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] word "bounces" in from address
>
>
>> --On Monday, March 17, 2008 1:20 PM -0400 Nick L  
>> <nick at firstinjax.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I know that there is a workaround to remove the word 'bounces" in  
>>> the from
>>> heading.
>>
>> Just curious, why would someone want to remove "bounces"? Is it a  
>> swear
>> word in some languages?